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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1910
Page
9
Tokyo reports reveal an alleged plot by Ma own subjects to assassinate Emperor Matsuhito. Prisoners said to be active in the Allied Socialist movement, with a special court expected to sentence them after trials. Conspiracy aimed to strike during a royal visit to the military school near the capital.
In Uniontown Pa on September 21 Lee J. Smith charged with murdering his brother in law Evan Maser and his father D Porter Smith attacked District Attorney George A Patterson in court. Juror Jo pep Wing sprang from the box and seized Smith's arm as he raised a bottle toward Patterson. Jurman King a steel worker dragged Smith and three sheriffs along with two deputies restrained him for the remainder of the trial.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows concluded its eighty sixth annual session with prize awards for drill and degree teams. Winners include Marion Ind No 6 first in Class A, Frunwick Ga No 8 first in Class II, Olive Branch No 10 Indianapolis second, Magne lia Lodge Fort Worth Tex first in Rebekah, and Philadelphia Metropolitan first in purple-oval encampment.
Mrs Anna M Holland of Baltimore dies after 23 years with elephantiasis. Once 150 pounds, she weighed 450 at death requiring a coffin about three times standard size and a lengthy funeral with twelve pallbearers. Authorities prepared cemetery work which required five times the usual excavation.
The Rev James De Wolf Perry Jr rector of St. Paul's Church New Haven Conn was chosen bishop of the Episcopal Church of Rhode Island to succeed the late Rt Rev William N McVickar. Seven ballots were required the laity backing Perry on the fourth ballot. Final tally clergy 30 laity 108 for Perry versus clergy 19 laity 30 for Fiske. Perry was a surprise choice with little prior mention as a candidate.
Ships arriving in New York from Southampton and other ports include the New York Jeutonic from Southampton, Hamburg Cleveland from New York, and several other named vessels such as Majestic and Cymric. The listings show routes to and from Hamburg, Liverpool, Queenstown, and Irish ports with multiple ocean steamers noted alongside origin and destination pairs.
National Theatre hosts Otis Skinner in Your Humble Servant a modern comedy marking a departure from his romantic persona. Also shows Mary Jane's Pa at Belasco with Max Figman, and A Fool There Was with Robert Hilliard at Columbia.
Cecil Spooner stars in The Fortunes of Betty a rural girl’s rise to actress life. Reeves manages Beauty Show and Bohemian Burlesquers appearances lead Lyceum options. Windfori's Animal Circus and Cosmos-Vaudeville offer varied acts alongside Yiddish drama Mein Welh's Freund at Columbia.
Atlantic City witnessed the Civil War veterans parade with about eighteen thousand in line despite years on them. The review featured the Vice President and New Jersey governor, Arizona’s lone marcher, and stands crowded with generals and commanders. Camp fires lit along the piers and big hotel receptions accompanied the encampment as plans for pension expansion and railroad rate relief moved forward. John E. Gilman leads the commander-in-chief race in early estimates.
The body of Lieut Comdr William Kern Gise U S N, buried in Samoa since 1908, arrived in Washington and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery at 2 PM with a naval ceremony. Chaplain Bayard will officiate. Pallbearers include Admiral Hutch I Cone and Lieut Comdrs John K Robinson, Adelbert Althouse, Charles J Lang, S B Fullinwider, and Orton P Jackson. Gise served in the Spanish American War and once commanded the President’s yacht Sylph. He was well known in Washington.
In Peking on September 21 officials hosted a banquet for Jacob M. Dickinson the American Secretary of War Gen Clarence Edwards and other delegation members. Dickinson praised China s progress while Chinese guests expressed disappointment over absent strong comments on Chinese affairs none mentioning Manchuria. He met with the prince regent who received him and he delivered a letter from President Taft expressing friendship.
Stepchildren of George Crocker filed for an injunction in New York Supreme Court to stop executors from selling or leasing about 1 million dollars in property bequeathed to Columbia University for cancer research. The California millionaire died December 4, 1969, and the court reserved decision as a related action to confirm their rights proceeds.
Georgetown University Law School announces the 1810 11 session opens October 6 at the Law School Building 48 8 H Street Northwest. Graduates eligible for bar exam. The faculty includes Himmell Hamilton Shepard Gould Wright Colbert Baker Wilson and others with instructors in Law and related fields. Prospective students urged to enroll before opening date with office hours 2 to 6 pm at 506 08 E Street Northwest.
The School of Medicine will start its sixty first season on September 26, 1610, under the Association of American Medical Colleges guidelines. The four year course begins with two years of lab work and fundamental studies, followed by clinical work at the enlarged University Hospital and other local hospitals. Graduating students typically secure hospital appointments within two weeks after commencement. For details, contact Dean Dr. Geo M Kober at 920 St NW.
This department offers unexcelled facilities and aims to equip for actual practice. A feature of the course is the method of prudent instruction in the recently enlarged Dental Infirmary, where the student is required to administer treatment under competent supervision. For details write to Dr. W. H. W. COGAN dean at 920 H st nw.
Friends School for Boys and Girls enters its 28th year beginning September 26 offering high school and eight grades with over 20 college-prep certificates, excellent buildings and laboratories, art and manual training, gym, lunchroom, and city and country playgrounds. Thomas W. Sidwell, AM, principal, leads fourteen teachers in well-graded classes.
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